tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post897208517919851038..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: Obama Insults AIPAC, American JewsMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-50274002657274692592015-03-02T11:22:04.203-08:002015-03-02T11:22:04.203-08:00I see that Obama actually managed to lose the supp...I see that Obama actually managed to lose the support of Politico on this. Politico. That's like Die Sturmer going rogue on Hitler. Once you lose Politico then you've descending into the paranoid swamp of insanity that can result in Caligula or Pol Pot. <br /><br />I'm thinking there's a terrorist attack on Congress tomorrow and it's run out of the White House operations room. Reichstag fire, here we come!Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-40531680974894122552015-03-02T11:10:04.462-08:002015-03-02T11:10:04.462-08:00The last national political convention held here, ...The last national political convention held here, the 2000 RNC nominating George W. Bush, was dubbed in some quarters "The Executioner's Ball," and was met with large protests, which were in turn met by a not insignificant amount of police skull-thumping and protest infiltration.<br /><br />John Timoney was chief of police here at that time, and he pretty much built his reputation and later career around that. He soon managed to turn it into a sweet gig down in Miami.<br /><br />Fun fact - he now works as a police consultant for Bahrain's interior ministry, where his tactics are smiled upon and given rather more free reign than here in the US.<br /><br />Anyway, I would note that the inside isn't the place to watch. The protests outside will be.<br /><br />You can bet I'll be monitoring any potential antisemitic 'anti-Zionist' rallies here. We've got an Israeli consulate in Center City, and Stand With Us opened an office here last year. Our Federation and plenty of other groups do a good job of keeping on top of things. Local progressive hero, and Democratic Pennsylvania State Senator, Daylin Leach, is a strongly pro-Israel Jew. During the war with Hamas last year, <a href="http://israel-thrives.blogspot.com/2014/07/philly-stands-with-israel.html" rel="nofollow">we crushed the Jew haters</a>.<br /><br />There will be no worries in Philly, and we will not be nominating President Obama again, so that's another point in our favor.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-39520165548466294852015-03-02T10:36:22.599-08:002015-03-02T10:36:22.599-08:00Well, that's a rather pessimistic view. I'...Well, that's a rather pessimistic view. I'm hopeful that party leadership will head back in a more reasonable direction. For somebody who likes to paint himself as the adult in the room, his administration sure has often taken a quite petulant and childish tone toward those who refuse to acknowledge his genius and awesome-sauce-ness.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-69639488527987619232015-03-02T06:57:24.094-08:002015-03-02T06:57:24.094-08:00How many Hezbollah and Hamas flags you think will ...How many Hezbollah and Hamas flags you think will be at the Democratic convention in Philly next year? How many speeches on the main stage will praise Allah? And who will be the first one to call for rapprochement with ISIS who are clearly the victims in all of this? :<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/27/the-gentle-kind-jihadi-john-a-beautiful-young-man/<br /><br />To me at least it's like driving past a horrific car crash. You just can't look away. The Jews in the Democratic party are going to either have to publicly denounce their own faith and ethnicity or they're going to be kicked out of the party in a Soviet style show trial and the looks on their faces is going to be, well, it's going to be priceless. <br /><br />There's going to be a parade of speakers at the convention who openly call for a Jewish genocide. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-83473891633469425082015-03-01T23:13:07.138-08:002015-03-01T23:13:07.138-08:00Samantha Power is, by far, the single worst Americ...Samantha Power is, by far, the single worst American government representative who has not yet visited an SS graveyard.<br /><br />There's still time for the Obama administration to prove that they have far worse humans than Reagan, I suppose.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-56752701452665659122015-03-01T23:01:08.675-08:002015-03-01T23:01:08.675-08:00P.S. Delete the apostrophe in the first paragraph...P.S. Delete the apostrophe in the first paragraph. It should read "Israelis," not Israeli's."JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-36428367408700165822015-03-01T22:55:02.006-08:002015-03-01T22:55:02.006-08:00Mike,
Samantha Power is repulsive. And as we know ...Mike,<br />Samantha Power is repulsive. And as we know Obama had to dump her from his campaign, but then of course brought her back aboard ship once he won. This, for me, was an early warning sign. Let's not forget about his house Republican, Chuck Hagel.<br />Do you really think that the overwhelming majority of Jewish Democrats don't get Obama even at this late date? I do think the Obama team masked their intentions well from those who don't look too hard, i.e., most people.<br />Upon reading your BTL comment after this really excellent article I must tell you that I'm about where you are. I no longer feel in my heart as part of a Democratic Party that sells out the Jews, yet I'm certainly no Republican either. The wilderness is a lonely place, but not unknown to our people. <br />It takes a lot of chutzpah to screw the Jews and claim to be liberal.JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-16732076931746233432015-03-01T17:49:53.802-08:002015-03-01T17:49:53.802-08:00I prefer to feel bad for a two-party system which ...I prefer to feel bad for a two-party system which has lived long-past its use-by date, myself.<br /><br />Yeesh, listen to me... I sound like the Nader voter I was in 2000 again! ;)<br /><br />It takes a lot to cross party lines anymore. My father was a lifelong Republican, until he voted for Kerry in 2004. He probably voted for Obama in 2008, but won't admit it. I know for sure he's been back in the Republican fold since 2010, though he despises NJ Governor Chris Christie. My parents and sisters are four of the thirteen Republicans in New Jersey. Heh.<br /><br />The extreme partisanship in the activist base of both parties is indeed the problem these days, I think we'd both agree.<br /><br />I really can't argue against your leaving our party due to the increasingly troubling stance on Israel that seems to be emerging from certain leaders and parts of the base. Me, I prefer to stay here and fight from the inside.<br /><br />It would be nice if there was somewhere else to go, but as you also note, the other side is currently very unpalatable on most other issues. I will personally NEVER stand with, or support, a party opposed to Labor, and one which accepts amongst itself Christian Right and anti-urbanist, anti-transit types, etc.<br /><br />Where have all the moderates gone?<br /><br />As for going independent, Pennsylvania is a closed primary state, and Philadelphia is a 90%-ish Democratic city. So even if I was inclined to become an Independent (which I'm not), I still wouldn't choose to unilaterally disenfranchise myself, since the only election that matters in this city is the Democratic Primary, anyway.JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-11104930251415856452015-03-01T16:35:13.622-08:002015-03-01T16:35:13.622-08:00I honestly feel bad for Jewish Democrats.
I went ...I honestly feel bad for Jewish Democrats.<br /><br />I went through a long period of soul searching before I jumped ship.<br /><br />It's a very difficult thing.<br /><br />On the one hand, the Dems tend to be better, imo, on most domestic issues.<br /><br />On the other hand, what we are seeing - viz-a-viz Democrats and progressives - is a continuing erosion of support for Israel and, therefore, of necessity, toward Jews.<br /><br />I will remain an independent until the Republicans give me a compelling reason to join their party <i>beyond</i> Israel.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-21583416048744474662015-03-01T16:05:38.034-08:002015-03-01T16:05:38.034-08:00"Obama is sending these two because he only h..."<i>Obama is sending these two because he only has a few years left to get his shots in</i>"<br /><br />Actually, only 22 months. We're at least definite on that. Now whether the 115th US Congress and the 45th President will prove to be capable of acting any more grown-up than our current body / administration is another matter altogether.<br /><br />Looking forward to primary season, and I'm even fortunate enough to have Philadelphia politics to keep me busy this year. Our current mayor, Michael Nutter, who I like more than most Philadelphia politicians (rather faint praise, but praise nonetheless!), is term-limited. I was hoping for City Controller Alan Butkovitz to run, but he disappointed me by seeming to back out to make way for City Council President Darrell Clarke (who I do NOT like), who decided not to run after all. So now I'm all in for Jim Kenney, who seems to have the early edge at the moment.<br /><br />I'll be voting for the first Republican of my life in the Sheriff's race, if my neighbor Christopher Sawyer manages to make the ballot. Can't vote for him in the Primary, since we're a closed primary state, but if he makes the general he's absolutely got my vote. He's also not a 'real' Republican by any means, but in the two party system we have, the only way to smash the rotten machine (and the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office is possibly the single stinkiest part of that machine right now) is to take advantage of its soft parts. Like running candidates on the line of a party which essentially doesn't exist at the moment.<br /><br />A whole bunch of other fun stuff going on here to keep me occupied this year, segueing nicely into the 2016 election season. Good times for a political junkie like myself. :)JayinPhiladelphiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556212008313470286noreply@blogger.com